Greenhouse & Hoophouses

Expert Resources

High Tunnel and Cold Frame Webinars: These workshops were part of a Specialty Crop grant the Nebraska Sustainable Agriculture Society received in partnership with the Nebraska Cooperative Development Center.

Season Extension Topic Room by SARE: From low covers to high tunnels, from hoop houses to greenhouses — producers are finding ever more innovative ways to extend the growing season, and their income stream. Topics include: types & construction, variety trials & selection, fertility; pest; and water management, energy, amd marketing & economics.

NebGuide: Early Season Extension Using Hotcaps - Hotcaps are covers used to protect individual plants from low temperature stress early in the sea- son. They usually are used by home gardeners or market gardeners with limited production. Growers with more acres or more extensive production tend to use row covers or high tunnels that protect more than one plant.